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<!DOCTYPE topic
PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="soft-keyb">
<title>Soft Keyboard</title>
<body>
<p>
Oracle VM VirtualBox provides a <i>soft keyboard</i> that
enables you to input keyboard characters on the guest. A soft
keyboard is an on-screen keyboard that can be used as an
alternative to a physical keyboard. See
<xref href="soft-keyb-using.dita#soft-keyb-using"/>
for details of how to use the
soft keyboard.
</p>
<note type="caution">
<p>
For best results, ensure that the keyboard layout configured on
the guest OS matches the keyboard layout used by the soft
keyboard. Oracle VM VirtualBox does not do this automatically.
</p>
</note>
<fig id="fig-soft-keyb">
<title>Soft Keyboard in a Guest Virtual Machine</title>
<xref href="images/softkeybd.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
<image href="images/softkeybd.png" width="14cm" placement="break">
<alt>Soft Keyboard in a Guest Virtual Machine</alt>
</image>
</xref>
<image platform="ohc" href="images/softkeybd.png" width="14cm" placement="break">
<alt>Soft Keyboard in a Guest Virtual Machine</alt>
</image>
</fig>
<p>
The soft keyboard can be used in the following scenarios:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
When the physical keyboard on the host is not the same as the
keyboard layout configured on the guest. For example, if the
guest is configured to use an international keyboard, but the
host keyboard is US English.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
To send special key combinations to the guest. Note that some
common key combinations are also available in the
<b outputclass="bold">Input</b>,
<b outputclass="bold">Keyboard</b> menu of the guest VM
window. See <xref href="specialcharacters.dita#specialcharacters"/>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
For guests in kiosk mode, where a physical keyboard is not
present.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
When using nested virtualization, the soft keyboard provides a
method of sending key presses to a guest.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>
By default, the soft keyboard includes some common international
keyboard layouts. You can copy and modify these to meet your own
requirements. See <xref href="soft-keyb-custom.dita#soft-keyb-custom"/>.
</p>
</body>
</topic>
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